Wrexham to play Liverpool at Yankee Stadium as part of summer tour

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FILE - Wrexham's goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, left, celebrates with teammates after a penalty shootout at the end of the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Wrexham and Nottingham Forest in Wrexham, Wales, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham will play Liverpool in a friendly match at Yankee Stadium as part of its East Coast tour this summer, and by that time the fast-rising Welsh club will know if it has reached the Premier League.

Wrexham has earned an unprecedented three straight promotions and is playing in the second-tier Championship for the first time since the 1980s.

Its surge up the English soccer pyramid, documented in the Emmy-winning “Welcome to Wrexham” TV series, began in 2022 with promotion from the non-league fifth division.

Wrexham is currently in sixth place in the Championship with 11 games remaining in the season. The top-two finishers secure automatic promotion to the Premier League and the teams that finish third to sixth will qualify for the end-of-season playoffs for the one extra promotion spot.

Wrexham’s three-match tour, announced on Wednesday, begins July 25 against Leeds at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Liverpool game is July 29. The team then faces Sunderland on Aug. 2 at Subaru Park near Philadelphia.

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Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds before their English Championship soccer match against Millwall in Wrexham, Wales, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (Cody Froggatt/PA via AP)
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